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THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Movement of information has become the hottest area in the personal computer revolution. "Ne

Prudential Corp. PLC, one of Britain's largest insurance groups, reported first half 1987 pretax pro

Three key executives in the U.S. insurance arena gave their opinions on alternatives to insurance at

Concern about airline safety is leading more travelers to take out flight insurance. Last mo

The New York Insurance Exchange Inc. and the NYIE Security Fund Inc. said that the Security Fund wil

E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced agreements with Lanxide Corp. of Newark, Del., to develop and

A dream came true for three Public Service Electric and Gas Co. customers when their meters were set

The West German Railway Union expects about 25,000 people to protest in Bonn today against the conti

Association of Transportation Practitioners, Chicago regional meeting, Sept. 11, Traffic Club of Ch

ICC Allows Track Sale Over Union ObjectionsThe Interstate Commerce Commission, brushing asid

Earth's largest island, a sparsely populated and little-developed province of Denmark, is trying to

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The sultan of Oman's personnel director was there. So were four gentlemenfrom the Taiwanese

Traditional Exports Apparel, textiles, leather bags and accessories, sheepskin seat covers,

First Pacific Group, with interests ranging from U.S. banking and electronics to ocean shipping and

A 1985 law requiring shipment of nearly 25 percent of donations of food to poor countries through Gr

West Germany's unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in August, down slightlyfrom 8.7 percent in

NY Creates Board To Distribute PowerALBANY, N.Y. - New York Power Authority Chairman Richard

Another chapter in the demise of United States Lines Inc. has been written with the quiet sale here

The U.S. energy and shipping industries may need special government help if these critically importa

International traffic through Miami will grind to a virtual halt today and Friday, courtesy of visit

President Reagan will nominate Alan Holmer to be deputy director of the U.S. Special Trade Represent

A senior European Community Commission official urged Japan to let EC banks provide yen funding for

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter urged domestic industries to be more aggressive in marketi

One of Greece's largest shipping unions, the Panhellenic Union of Merchant Marine Seamen, has called

Republican presidential candidate Alexander M. Haig Jr. says growth in the U.S. defense budget can b

A former eye doctor at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation has filed a multimillion dollar la

International trade should expand by one-third between 1986 and 1991 and put 200 new product tankers

The mini-submersible Nautile and its two support ships, Nadir and Abeille, were scheduled to end the

The Royal Navy Submarine Museum says it hopes to salvage Britain's first mechanically powered submar

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Wednesday announced pretax profits for the first ha

The depressed U.S. fertilizer industry may be on the verge of a turnaround, thanks to a 30 percent i

The Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, representing 117 consumer-owned utilities, has d

Regional airlines, suffering severe pilot attrition because of raids by major airlines, are turning

Supplies of key petroleum products followed seasonal patterns last week, and U.S. imports of crude o

United Transportation Union President Fred A. Hardin and three congressmen came to bury the Intersta

Some Reagan administration officials may be tilting toward Iraq these days, but State Department map

Export Credits Shifted to WheatThe USDA has reallocated $10 million worth of GSM-102 export

Botswana Becomes Member of GATTBotswana has become the 95th member of the General Agreement